{"id":870,"date":"2010-06-03T07:08:56","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T13:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=870"},"modified":"2010-06-03T07:08:56","modified_gmt":"2010-06-03T13:08:56","slug":"review-gonjasufi-a-sufi-and-a-killer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2010\/06\/03\/review-gonjasufi-a-sufi-and-a-killer\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Gonjasufi &#8211; A Sufi and a Killer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/gonjasufi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-871\" title=\"gonjasufi\" src=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/gonjasufi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Much has been made about Sumach Ecks\u2019 voice leading up to the release of his debut disc <em>A Sufi and a Killer<\/em>. Following his guest performance on Flying Lotus\u2019s <em>Los Angeles<\/em> in 2008, Ecks quickly made a name for himself with his voice that is as filthy as it is enchanting. In this regard, it\u2019s a pleasant surprise that, with the debut disc for Ecks under the guise Gonjasufi, the singer has developed a sonic palette fitting for the uniqueness of his voice. <em>A Sufi and a Killer<\/em> is the perfect counterpart to any summer pop record, as Ecks quickly develops a blissed-out beachhouse aesthetic consistent with his fractured vocals, and carries it through to the final notes of the album. While there are a few bumps along the way, the record does well at maintaining a sense of cohesiveness. At no point does a song sound out of place. Considering the wide variety of styles brought into play throughout the disc (from the 1970s B-movie soundtrack feel of \u201cSheep\u201d to the pounding blues of \u201cKowboyz&amp;Indians,\u201d recalling the best moments of Jon Spencer), it\u2019s this consistency that proves to be the album\u2019s greatest asset. With <em>A Sufi and a Killer<\/em>, Gonjasufi has proven to be worth the hype. (Warp, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.warp.net\">www.warp.net<\/a>) <strong>Jeff Friesen<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much has been made about Sumach Ecks\u2019 voice leading up to the release of his debut disc A Sufi and a Killer. Following his guest performance on Flying Lotus\u2019s Los Angeles in 2008, Ecks quickly made a name for himself with his voice that is as filthy as it is enchanting. In this regard, it\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}